Intermedio

This course is to serve as the continuation of the "Beginner: Openings" course. In it you will learn more about basic opening strategies and start to develop an understanding of what to do in the opening stage of the game.

This course is a break from the move-to-move tactics that we've been covering so far with the Beginner level courses. Now we're going to cover STRATEGY - the long-term structural considerations that reveal the depth and inner logic of chess! To clearly define strategy in chess: Strategy is any move that doesn't create the clear threat of a tactic or capture of an enemy piece. Strategy is every maneuver, minor improvement of a piece to a better square, and every long term plan developed in a game....